Learning Torah with Rabbi Sariel Malitzky

Does attitude or affect matter with Kibbud Av Va'em? What about during other mitzvos?

How do we approach Hashem when things go wrong? How can we thank Hashem even during those moments?

How far must one go to honor their parent?

Rav Wolfson has a beautiful and inspiring approach to מודים דרבנן. This is the start of that piece.

We start to learn about מודים דרבנן

On Shavuos, everyone agrees that we must eat, drink, and celebrate through physical enjoyment. Why? What is the reason? Shouldn’t Shavuos be exclusively about Torah? Rav Elya Lopian offers two beautiful explanations. Hear About Rav Elya and How His Life Shaped Me.

haow do we get Avraham Avinu to daven with us? How do we get the Amoraim to learn with us bichavrusa?

We connect to the Avos with our davening

We need wings to make sure our Tefilla (and Torah and Mitzvos) can soar to Shomayim. We want to be אפרוחים and not ביצים. How do we get those wings?

Can you sweep or mop a floor on Shabbos? Is applying lip balm to chapped lips permitted? What exactly is considered עובדי דחול? Join us as we answer your questions on halachic topics and see how Chazal and the Poskim guide everyday Shabbos living.

The Zohar says people are either the egg or the chick. What does he mean? What is the difference between the two?

Does the prohibition against arguing with a parent apply even to everyday, mundane, non Torah matters? Why or why not? What proof did the Rogatchover Gaon derive from Sefer Bereishis to argue against the positions of the Aruch HaShulchan and the Chayei Adam?

A discussion about the Pasuk that relates to your name which we say at the end of Shemona Esrei

Can one sit or sleep in a parent's bed? Why should that be any different than sitting in their chair? How does the halacha of not sitting in parent's seat relate to the prase המקום ינחם אתכם we say when being menachem avel?

How to approach the end of davening

What is Akdamus? Why do we say it? When should we say it?

What are the parameters of not sitting in your father’s seat? Does the same apply to your mother’s seat? What about after a parent passes away? Listen to a fascinating story about Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l during the shivah for the Steipler.

In this Shiur we discuss many different reasons and insights into Shemitta

Our 100th shiur on Va’ani Tefillah explores how davening ascends through the four worlds—עשייה, יצירה, בריאה, and אצילות—with Kaddish serving as the bridge between each level. This perspective sheds light on much of the structure of our tefillah.

There is no bracha on Kibbud Av Va'em, or is there? Why don't we recite a bracha? Why does Rebbe Akiva Eiger point this out over here?

What does עוזר דלים mean? Why is that an appropriate end to עזרת אבותינו and an introduction to שמונה עשרה? How could דוד המלך have said that he was an עני when he has everything?

Part 1: Background to the Mitzvah Join us as we explore the difference between כבוד and מורא, and examine why in one place the mother is mentioned first while in another the father takes precedence. We will also discuss the underlying reasons for this mitzvah.

The Torah tells us צהר תעשה לתיבה. See how the Baal Shem Tov applies this to Tefilla

There are dozens of insights on דף כח in Berachos. Hear some of them right here!

We have learned about the obligation to tovel keilim. What happens if dishes were not toveled? May you eat from them? For example, if you are invited to someone’s home and strongly suspect that the dishes were not toveled, what should you do? May you eat the food?